Israeli President Yitzhak Herzog believes that a compromise on the government's judicial reform project can be reached, The Time of Israel reports..

“Reform in its current form threatens the democratic foundations of the State of Israel,” Duke said.. The President also warned that the wide-ranging and intense debate over reforming the judiciary has created "

Protests against the judicial reform project have been going on in the country for nine weeks in a row. People take to the streets, there are clashes with the police.

The reservists said they would not come to school in protest against the reform. After that, local media circulated a letter from ten former air force chiefs to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warning of a "

In a statement Monday evening, Netanyahu criticized threats to refuse military service that he said endanger Israel's existence..

“On the battlefield, soldiers have been united throughout Israel’s wars, despite the struggles and divisions between us.. There is a place to protest, there is a place to disagree, to express opinions, but there is no place to refuse,” he said, speaking at a border police base in the occupied Beit Horon settlement in the West Bank..

Although the presidency is ceremonial, the Duke called nearly 100 Israeli mayors and local government leaders to an emergency meeting to find a solution to a reform project that has split the country and led to massive nationwide protests..

“We are closer than ever to the possibility of an agreed plan. There are agreements behind the scenes on most issues,” Duke said in a statement, without giving details..

Opposition leaders Yair Lapid and Benny Gantz, in turn, issued a general statement, praising the president's efforts to reach a compromise, but demanding that Netanyahu stop the legislative process in order to ensure an honest and effective dialogue..

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Netanyahu's party spokesman said the prime minister expressed interest in reaching a compromise, but was concerned about whether Justice Minister Yarov Levin would agree to it.. Last week, he said, Netanyahu intended to announce that he was suspending the controversial law for negotiations, but was forced to delay the announcement because Levin threatened to resign, which would have led to the collapse of the coalition..

A plan to overhaul the judiciary, which has already received initial parliamentary approval, will give the government greater influence in the selection of judges and limit the power of the Supreme Court to strike down laws..

Critics of planned legislative changes say Netanyahu, who is on trial on charges of bribery he denies, is taking steps that would harm democratic checks and balances, encourage corruption and lead to diplomatic isolation.

Supporters of Netanyahu's plan say changes are needed to curb what they see as "

The well-known Israeli military historian, professor at the Faculty of History at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Yuval Noah Harari, in his article “A moment of terrible insight”, analyzed the situation in Israel and predicted a possible scenario for the development of events. Harari hinted that he could leave Israel if the authorities do not stop destroying democracy.